Posted on August 13, 2018

As director of the Toronto Centre for Active Transportation, Nancy Smith Lea, points out, “One thing that would be really helpful in preventing people getting pulled under trucks and killed is side guards. But when regional and provincial coroners recommended ...Read More

Posted on August 7, 2018

"Other cities use complete streets manuals to build better communities and transportation systems. The Toronto Centre for Active Transportation keeps a running list of those communities across Canada. Executive director Nancy Smith Lea said London is on the right track ...Read More

Posted on July 16, 2018

"The report, put out by the Toronto Centre for Active Transportation (TCAT), an organization advocating for a better cycling and pedestrian environment, analyzed census data in the city’s three community council areas, Scarborough, North York and Etobicoke York, and found the ...Read More

Posted on June 29, 2018

Albert Koehl was on the expert panel of the Chief Coroner’s 2012 pedestrian death review. He is a lawyer and founder of Bells on Bloor. Nancy Smith Lea participated in the 1998 Regional Coroner’s review of cycling fatalities. She is ...Read More

Posted on June 19, 2018

Banning right turns on red lights, a policy that already exists in cities such as New York and Montreal, is one of 15 road safety recommendations within a new report titled #BuildTheVisionTO. It was produced by the Toronto Centre for ...Read More

Posted on June 19, 2018

"With public concern over traffic deaths in Toronto seemingly on the rise, a coalition of advocates is hoping to make road safety a major issue in this fall’s municipal election. In a report scheduled to be released Tuesday at city ...Read More

Posted on June 19, 2018

"According to the Toronto Centre for Active Transportation (TCAT), bike lanes in many Canadian cities simply disappear at intersections, which leaves cyclists in danger. A study conducted in the Vancouver area in 2015 showed the majority of collisions involving cyclists ...Read More

Posted on April 3, 2018

[su_heading size="10" align="left" margin="10"]Photo Credit: Genevieve Caron [/su_heading] TCAT Director Nancy Smith Lea is featured in LocalLove.ca, United Way Greater Toronto's new online magazine, as one of eight women who are working hard to make the city a better place: ...Read More